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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

Charles de Gaulle

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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Answer Myself Question Ready
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Conclusion Important Myself Politics Serious
We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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Discover Distance Far Greatness Lying Moon
Old age is a shipwreck.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Build Ego Hard Perfection Pride
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Business Myself Talk
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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Angry Myself Right Time Wrong
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Embarrassment Myself Revolution
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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These people really aim very badly.
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